They make the excellent point that his work was a cautionary tale about the use of drugs rather than an endorsement of them. Sure, a lot of kids sign up for "Fear and Loathing" out of a sense of adventure. But that doesn't mean that HST wrote a book called "Trippy Lights in Vegas" that would encourage anyone in his right mind that going there is a good and fun idea.
As Chris Farley would say, "I know ... from experience."
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Probably the best obit that I've read anywhere of HST is at Pitchfork ...
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/tributes/thompson_hunters/
They make the excellent point that his work was a cautionary tale about the use of drugs rather than an endorsement of them. Sure, a lot of kids sign up for "Fear and Loathing" out of a sense of adventure. But that doesn't mean that HST wrote a book called "Trippy Lights in Vegas" that would encourage anyone in his right mind that going there is a good and fun idea.
As Chris Farley would say, "I know ... from experience."
Okay, I don't think that link was visible. Here's this one. Have fun cutting and pasting if your crow-addled brain is still capable of that task ...
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/
tributes/thompson_hunters/
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